Kenmore Square

Face sliced in Kenmore Square

adamg — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:05:36 -0400

Boston Police tweet somebody had their face sliced with a knife on Comm. Ave. in the square late Friday night.

Large construction project to get underway near Kenmore Square

adamg — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:02:04 -0400

New footprint; click for larger version.

Construction begins next summer on a $500-million project across from Fenway Park that will replace a non-descript parking lot and aging commuter-rail station with new housing and offices - some built on a deck across the turnpike - and a large new train station, developer John Rosenthal and city and state officials said today.

Read more

Car on fire on Storrow Drive; person trapped

adamg — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:06:22 -0400

Boston_Fireman tweets a car caught on fire around 9 p.m. on on Storrow Drive eastbound near the Kenmore exit. One person was reported trapped inside. Local 718 tweets the car hit a tree just before the BU bridge.

Danielle Ouellette tweets traffic is at a standstill.

Why would Kenmore station need any attendants on a Friday night?

adamg — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:25:37 -0400

Sheesh, some people are just so picky. It's not like there's ever anything that could go wrong that would require human intervention.

Read more

New T fundraising idea: Amusement rides

adamg — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:15:40 -0400

Sara Drummond tweets this morning:

T stopped so abruptly woman slid 3 seats. Stuck just before Kenmore [outbound] on green line. Maint working on train.

Kenmore kitty kauses koncern

adamg — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:59:26 -0400

Photo of a cat on the tracks at the Kenmore stop on the Green Line Thursday night.

Boston to propose bike lanes on Comm. Ave. from Kenmore to Public Garden

adamg — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:41:27 -0400

Boston Biker reports there's a meeting at 6 p.m. today (yes, today) at the BPL main branch in Copley Square - and that, as you might expect, Back Bay doyens and doyennes will oppose the plan.

Read more

Was today customer-appreciation day on the T or something?

adamg — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:18:26 -0400

No attendants and all the gates open at Kenmore around 3:30 p.m.

All the gates stuck on open at Harvard, around 4:45 p.m.

Three-alarm fire on Bay State Road displaces residents, dentist

adamg — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:46:52 -0400

UPDATE: Fire ruled arson.

The Boston Fire Department tweets that the fire early this morning at 21 Bay State Rd. caused $1.5 million in damage and forced out 12 residents and a dentist.

Part of BU Barnes & Noble falls onto sidewalk

Ron Newman — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 08:36:50 -0400

The Boston Fire Department tweeted last night:

Incident Response: Tech Rescue response for Barnes & Noble bookstore at 660 Beacon St. Kenmore Square. at 11:22pm.

Incident Update: Small one foot square piece of morter fell to sidewalk. No injuries. Turned building over to BU (owner) to secure. 12:30 am

Final Incident Update: Six story building. Morter fell from top. BU will have engineer check further in the morning. Sidewalk closed for now